Sr Commercial Demand Planner

Post Consumer Brands • Lakeville, MN

17h • $77,831 - $115,190

About The Position

The Sr. Demand Planning Analyst is responsible for generating and driving the demand process to get to an unconstrained forecast. The Sr. Demand Planning Analyst will work with cross functional partners in Sales, Marketing, and Finance to gather and incorporate key assumptions around category, marketing activities, promotional activities, & distribution intelligence into the forecasts. A key part of the job will be to create the forecasts and facilitate meetings in the monthly consensus process. This role will also work with Supply Planning by communicating key changes and plan drivers for production planning and assist in executing the demand plan. This analyst is equally comfortable in systems and data, forecasting, and steering and influencing the consensus process.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience, required in supply chain, business, economics, finance, or sales planning
• 5-10 years industry experience in demand planning and/or IBP processes for CPG, or Mass Retail environment. Experience with Logility or Kinaxis software highly desirable.
• Highly organized and proactive with demonstrated ability to work under pressure, manage change effectively and influence without authority
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to partner cross functionally in an effective manner and comfortable sharing challenging information and positive information
• Solutions oriented, with strong attention to detail and project management skills

Nice To Haves

• APICS, IBF or other relevant Demand Planning certifications are preferred
• Experience with Logility or Kinaxis software highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Works with the Demand Manager, Sales, and Marketing partners to develop a balanced 24-month Demand Plan, which becomes the basis for production planning and financial projections
• Utilize a collaborative and consensus approach by working with Sales and Marketing to gather assumptions that are used to develop the best possible mid to long term forecasts (0-24 months)
• Facilitates the monthly Integrated Business Planning (IBP) demand alignment meetings. Highlight plan changes, document assumptions and risks/opportunities to plan
• Participates in weekly cross functional IBP alignment meeting with key business partners and effectively communicates information to help influence the consensus forecast by telling a story with data, trends, and analysis
• Helps the Demand Planner maintain Item/DC forecasts within the forecasting system, monitoring trends, and enhances the Demand Plan with business intelligence gathered from IBP process and cross functional partners
• Adapts a continuous improvement mindset by conducting regular analysis on Demand Plan variances, with accountability and focus on improvements in Forecast Bias and Forecast Accuracy
• Ability to lead consensus meeting and influence higher levels of the organization
• Work with commercial partners on developing the new item forecasts based on assumptions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees